HMS Meteor (1823)

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Meteor
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameMeteor
Ordered18 May 1819
Builder Pembroke Dockyard
Laid downMay 1820
Launched25 June 1823
Completed17 June 1824
RenamedAs Beacon, June 1832
ReclassifiedAs survey ship, July 1832
FateSold, 17 August 1846
General characteristics
Class and type Hecla-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen378 bm
Length
  • 106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 87 ft 1 in (26.5 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 11 in (8.8 m)
Draught10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Complement67
Armament
  • 2 × 6-pdr cannon
  • 8–10 × 24-pdr carronades
  • 1 × 10 in (254 mm) mortar
  • 1 × 13 in (330 mm) mortar

HMS Meteor was a Hecla-class bomb vessel built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. In July 1832 she was renamed Beacon and reclassified as a survey ship, and was sold in 1846.

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Description

Meteor had a length at the gundeck of 106 feet (32.3 m) and 87 feet 1 inch (26.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 28 feet 11 inches (8.8 m), a draught of about 10 feet 9 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 378 tons burthen. [1] The Hecla class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon, eight or ten 24-pounder carronades and two mortars, one 10 inches (254 mm) and the other 13 inches (330 mm) in size. The ships had a crew of 67 officers and ratings. [2]

Construction and career

Meteor, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, [3] was ordered on 18 May 1819, laid down in May 1820 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 25 June 1823. [2] She was completed for sea on 17 June 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Winfield, p. 1221
  2. 1 2 3 Winfield & Lyon, p. 131
  3. ↑ Colledge, p. 225

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